President Ben-Zvi entered Hadassah Hospital today for a series of examinations expected to last ten days. The President’s office described it as a routine checkup.
The President was forced to cancel a scheduled meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange who is in Israel with his wife on an eight-day visit as a guest of the state. Mr. Lange was received by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, at separate meetings yesterday at which the international situation and the Middle East were discussed.
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